Riddlers, Get Out of the Douluo Continent

At Linyuan Pavilion, Gu Rong stepped out of a spatial rift and found Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing sitting in the courtyard, chatting idly.

Ning Rongrong spotted him first. Her eyes lit up, and she peered behind him, but there was no sign of Lin Yuan. She could not help feeling puzzled.

"Grandpa Gu, why are you back? Didn't Lin Yuan say he was taking you all to do something big? Where is he?"

Gu Rong smiled at her, a teasing glint in his eyes. "What's this? Is little Rongrong worried about Lin Yuan?"

He had hit the mark, and Ning Rongrong's face flushed. "I—I am not."

"All right, I won't tease you." Gu Rong waved a hand. "Come on. Grandpa's taking you to Heaven Dou Imperial City."

Ning Rongrong froze with her tea cup halfway to her lips. "Heaven Dou Imperial City? Grandpa Gu, why would we go there all of a sudden? Isn't the Heaven Dou Empire at war with us?"

Gu Rong offered no explanation, only a mysterious smile. "What's the rush? You'll know when we get there."

Ning Rongrong wanted to ask more, but Gu Rong had already raised a hand and torn open a spatial rift beside him.

"Come on. Lin Yuan's there too. You can ask him yourself."

The three exchanged glances and followed him in.

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, main hall.

Ning Rongrong stepped out of the rift. Before she had even steadied herself, she saw Lin Yuan sitting in a chair at the head of the hall, tea cup in hand, looking as relaxed as if he were at home.

The question slipped out before she could stop it:

"Lin Yuan, didn't Heaven Dou just send an army of a hundred thousand to attack us? How did you end up